chrobertew

[American Mathematical Society @amermathsoc]

So, what is math poetry? We asked the AMS Math Poetry Contest judges to explain!
Read about it here: https://t.co/YTpqnncKmB

Students!
The AMS invites you to submit your original math poetry to our 2024 competition.

More info and how to enter here: https://t.co/o2azhU7nMr

[chrobertew @chrobertew]

@math3ma @amermathsoc @gastaldi_gianni Thanks for the interesting read, Tai-Danae

[chrobertew @chrobertew]

A really good though not an easy read - considering how much is packed in one article about category theory, linear algebra and LLM

[Tai-Danae Bradley @math3ma]

I’m excited for this new article in the Notices of the AMS (@amermathsoc). In it, we describe several nice analogies between linear algebra and category theory and discuss connections to language and LLMs. Coauthored with John Terilla and @gastaldi_gianni.
https://t.co/rd3BB0MKOa

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Mathematics and mystery.

[chrobertew @chrobertew]

@privateducky Thanks, just got a copy from yellowduck

[たいすーらせん @Yugemaku]

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[Foad Dabiri @foaddabiri]

WhatsApp has been using the microphone in the background, while I was asleep and since I woke up at 6AM (and that's just a part of the timeline!) What's going on?

[AI Breakfast @AiBreakfast]

NVIDIA's Real-Time Neural Appearance Models have crossed the uncanny valley for realism.

They are creating the highest detail graphics we've ever seen.

[chrobertew @chrobertew]

@jthemazoo @H0H0v this is the best straight forward answer, imho

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

A @BBCNews aging documentary out tomorrow by @LaraLewington

"Mr Johnson was warm, logical and likeable. I left his house wanting to be (a bit) like him...My colleagues considered Mr Johnson's existence joyless, so his life is clearly not for everyone."

https://t.co/aCckIGYbSM

[Keenan Crane @keenanisalive]

Excited to share *two* papers appearing at #SIGGRAPHAsia2021, on "Repulsive Curves" and "Repulsive Surfaces."

Tons of graphics algorithms find nice distributions of points by minimizing a "repulsive" energy.

But what if you need to nicely distribute curves or surfaces? (1/14)

[chrobertew @chrobertew]

@EmilyLeproust @TwistBioscience Congrats, Emily!

[Mastodon (@[email protected]) @joinmastodon]

So why is Mastodon not a single website: Because if it was, it would be doomed to recreate all that you hate about the social media platforms you're trying to leave. Decentralizing the platform, building it on top of a protocol, is how it breaks the cycle.

[Mastodon (@[email protected]) @joinmastodon]

A single website has your data locked in, and if successful, has such strong network effects that it can get away with making the service so much worse without having to fear anyone leaving. And if it shuts down, it's game over. Your posts and connections gone.

[Mastodon (@[email protected]) @joinmastodon]

Monetization usually means ads, changing the website to have people see more ads, invading people's privacy to make sure they've seen ads... A single website also means one organization is in complete control. If they do what you don't want them to do, you're out of luck.

[Mastodon (@[email protected]) @joinmastodon]

Some Mastodon servers are under very heavy load during the past few days due to the extreme spike in user numbers. Remember, no matter which server you sign-up on, you get access to the same decentralized network. You don't have to choose the popular ones!

[Mastodon (@[email protected]) @joinmastodon]

Some people ask us why Mastodon isn't a single website. A single website that can serve the whole world requires so much computing power, infrastructure, and engineering, that it is practically impossible to do without big capital and monetization.

[Mastodon (@[email protected]) @joinmastodon]

For anyone wondering, Mastodon got over 70K sign-ups yesterday alone. Let's keep the momentum going! The "public square" of the web must not belong to any one person or corporation!